Quasimidi 309

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"It has the audio expansion which turns the 309 into a powerful production machine due to its capability to seperate the parts to their own outs. It has the drum expansion and the synth expansion. It also has the latest os 3.00a.

I've made with the 309, you can visit my myspace page: Listen to the song called (mini). The drums are the 309 and the synth parts are a polymorph. Believe it or not, I recorded this live and did not add effects or process it in any way. The 309 allows you to assign patterns to the 18 buttons (pads) on the sequencer, so you can set up a song and move through it live by pressing each pad as you progress. This is how I made this song. Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't doubt the 309, it's not only alot of fun, but extremely powerful and versatile if you dig into it. These are pictures of the actual 309. The readouts show the os version, and the expansions, (I/O) = In/Out, (D) = Drum, (S) = Synth. Beautiful."

15-front

flickr by GermanDragon.

MOOG Model 15

click here for the full sized shot.

Alex Mauer - Vegavox

YouTube via balansamba. Via Music Thing.
"Video from Alex Mauer's Vegavox album, exported from Nestopia (NES emulator) - available soon on a real NES cart, for more info: http://www.myspace.com/alexmauer"

Audio Damage Dr. Device Demos are Up

Remember Dr. Device? Demos are now up on the product page. Title link takes you there - just scroll down when you get there.

Modular Synth In Darkness

flickr by essex sound lab.

"Primarily synthesizers.com modules, plus Cyndustries Zeroscillators and Suit & Tie Guy modules."

Title link takes you to the set.

AudioRealism Drum Machine (ADM)

Remember the AudioRealism Drum Machine? Looks like it's had a bit of a face lift.

Details:
" Booming bassdrums, saucy cymbals and crispy snares can be used to describe the sound of drum machines from the early 80's. ADM contains three classic vintage drum machines from that era rolled into one, combined with a 32-step internal sequencer and pattern controlled fx (PCF). Get all your patterns into ADM via the Import Rebirth function or directly from your old 909 via sysex (we will provide a free tool for dumping sysex).

Sounds

ADM contains 25 drum generators, each one carefully modeled after the classics' analog circuits and 4 PCM players, for a total of 34 sounds (some generators have two sounds). Certain sounds have been extended with extra parameters, like the tuning and attack of the 606 bassdrum. The accents effect on bridged-T oscillators that make up the bassdrum and tom-tom sounds has been closely simulated and the hihats and cymbals sound and react very close to the originals.

The complete list of sounds is as follows: BD808, BD909, BD606, SD808, SD909, SD606, LT808, MT808, HT808, LC808, MC808, HC808, LT909, MT909, HT909, LT606, HT606, RS808, CL808, RS909, MA808, CP808, CP909, CB808, CRASH909*, OH606, OH808, OH909*, CH606, CH808, CH909*, CY606, CY808, RIDE909*."

Formant Modular Through Dynacord Demo

Update: You can find some pics of the modular posted here.

Title link takes you to an awesome demo of the Formant Modular via Georg. Right click the link and save it locally, and then play it. You can follow the timeline below that way.

Details
- Q+ Arpeggiator is driving via Midi CV/Gate the Formant
- Formant into Dynacord TAM 21
- Dyncard DRP20 used with Warm Gate Preset

Formant Drums

0:00 - no patch cords
0:13 - Feedback Loop with the RFM (Resonant Filter Module)
0:26 - Noise into the 24 dB filter
0:39 - Decay tweaks for filter and amp envelope
1:00 - tweaking the RFM settings
1:25 - Full LFO action on the TAM 21
1:35 - Stepping through TAM 21 modes
2:00 - Killer Resonance of the TAM 21
2:39 - Envelope Follower on Resonance
3:00 - TAM 21 off
3:05 - DRP20 off

Update via Georg:
"It is the Formant as introduced in the magazine Elektor in 1977/78 designed by C. Chapman. My Formant was built from Kits of a company called ICA, which sold those kits in Germany. It is not the Formant Pro or MSS2000."

More Updates via swissdoc (Georg) in the comments:
"Those kits are not available anymore, you may find a used system though. The original VCO Design was uA726 based, a chip which is not produced anymore.

Check this links, the latter has the scanned books with all the circuits:
http://www.analoghell.com/studio/forsale/formant/
http://rubidium.dyndns.org/cag/

The soundcharacter of the formant.dynacord demo is quite much from the TAM 21, a BBD based analog flanger plus the RFM module of the Formant, which is a 3 band parametric equalizer."

and

"Some more sound examples from the Formant, this time directly taken from the output, no further processing.

The VCOs - First showing off the 5 different waveforms of one VCO (sin/tri/sqr/saw/spaced saw) then activating more and more waveforms on the 3 VCOs until all 15 are active

PWM - 3 VCOs with square waves, then gradually ativating PWM for all VCOs by the 3 LFOs, then tweaking 12 dB filter settings and the envelope

12 dB Filter LP/HP/BP - Running the VCOs through the 12 dB Filter in the various modes while tweaking envelope intensity, filter frequency and resonance.

FM - The VCOs are set up in a circular FM configuration, 1->2, 2->3, 3->1 with maximum intensity, then various waveforms are switched on and off on the 3 VCOs

Georg."

LolCatSynth "contest" on CatSynth.com

He's baaaack...

For those interested, title link takes you to a caption the cat synth contest on CatSynth.com.

Commitment by PXP

YouTube via Sharpblue (click for more).
"Track 8 from our'Calcium Waves' CD originally released in 1998, from a concept that took Andy and myself two years to complete. This track was originally started of life as a demo recorded and sequenced entirely on an Ensoniq SQ80, sounds which are prominent throughout the track. This track also features some lovely analog sounds from the Yamaha CS40M the baby brother of the CS80.

Music by PXP (Andrew Russell, Mark Keen)
©1998 PXP Music MCPS

I hope you like it. Again no video just the iTunes visualiser"

ARP Odyssey

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Moog Synth Synthesizer Keyboard Piano Pin

via this auction. Details:
"Never used - Moog Synth Synthesizer Keyboard Piano Pin - NEW - NEW pin. Still in plastic.

Note - This is a tie pin. Read the description carefully as people bid on these pins thinking they are real instruments which they are not! Your bid is a binding contract and I do not have the time to cancel your bids nor will I. If you bid, you understand what this item is. Period!

These are high quality metal tie pin reproductions of the original equipment - not cheap plastic toys repros!

The dimensions are 1 1/4" long by 1/4" high.

Bidding starts @ .99. Good luck - please e-mail with any questions??? PS - these pins sell for $4.95 and up. Shipping and handling will be a flat rate of $3.79 within the US. Outside US? Add $2.00 for shipping.

Read what my buyers say about my pins and my service :

More than I expected..this is made of metal, not plastic! Fantastic piece. Thanx! - nyytehawk"

Crumar CPB-2 Analog Bass Pedals

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
Details:
"Here's a very cool early 80s analog bass synth, similar to the Moog Taurus pedals. This one doesn't actually have the Crumar brand name on it, but it's the same unit as was marketed by Crumar. Made in Italy. It produces a basic analog synth bass sound, and has the essential controls for shaping the sound- see pics. It's in good condition and works, though the contacts need cleaning because sometimes it retriggers itself a bit erratically. It's in good cosmetic condition too, with only minor scuffs/scrapes and some dust. Comes with the original schematics, though there's a small chunk of paper missing from that. This is a heavy/sturdy synth, built like a tank!"

Todd Rundgrens Utopia - The Seven Rays

YouTube via rundgrenfan. Can anyone id the keyboards/synths in this one?

Aaron's synthesizers

flickr by dereck von.

click here for the full sized shot.

Future Retro Turns 10 on 7.7.7

"Future Retro celebrates 10 years of business, 07:07:07. Discover the range of our work as we share photos and thoughts about the first decade of our creations."

Title link takes you there.

Acidlab Bassline 2.0 Feature List

Synthesis
- wellknown, acid experienced sound synthesis designed after a famous
role model... ;-)
- new, stabilized oszillator circuit
- new VCA-design with less noise

Sequencer (live sequencer!)
- sequencer must not be stopped for any operation
- 96 patterns organized in 12 banks
- 12 songs can contain 8 different patterns
- livesequencer for songs and with tap- and stepmode for patterns
- rollfunction to rotate patterns
- patternchaining for up to 8 patterns
- patternlength from 1 up to 16 steps
- up to 5(!) octaves sequencer range
- transposefunction in songmode

I/O
- Audio input that replaces the oscillator
- FM input to modulate the filter
- CV/gate and accent impulse out
- Audioout ("Männerklinke") and headphoneout


MIDI/SYNC
- Midiclock input
- DIN-Sync I/O
- Onboard Midiclock to DIN-Sync converter

Housing
- Massive (blue anodized as an option) aluminium housing

Click images for larger shots.

Arturia MOOG Modular V Patch and Demos

"These screen shots and description show how I used an instance of Arturia's Moog Modular V version 2.0 software synthesiser to produce an accompanyment to an audio recording of drumming. In the Sonar 3 screenshot you can see the waveform of the audio recording of drums. In the MMV screenshots you can see how I wired the patch. Accompanying the screenshots are notes to clarify connections not obvious in the pictures. At the bottom of this page are links to audio recordings produced by this Sonar/MMV combination."

Title link takes you there.

via brian comnes.

Kyma / Capybara 320

Three interesting shots via this auction. Title link takes you to the flickr set for them including another shot of the cmlabs Motormix in the details below.

Details:
" * Capybara 320 standard configuration (with 19" mounting set)
* cmlabs Motormix - an extremely comfortable fader box (motorised, parameter in display, automatic assignment to Kyma parameters,... retails for +/- $1000.- new)
* Firewire interface for connection to the computer
* Connection cable from Interface to Capybara
* The Book on programming (Kyma X revealed)
* Original Software (Kyma X)"

via Georg.

Navs' Modular Lab - The Clash of the VCOs!

Title link takes you to an audio test on the following VCOs:

"On test are Doepfer's A-111, Plan B's Model 15 & Analogue Systems' RS95e."

It looks like more tests are coming and there's also a free samples including FX and Drums.

Update: The share now contains 24bit AIFFs (clicks removed).

Robert Schroeder Miniaturized Studio

"The recording studio of Robert Schroeder as kit in the scale of 1:10 with all lighting effects and selfturning reflecting ball"

Title link takes you there.

A typical SoNday

flickr by Violator3. Title link takes you to the rest of the set.

"You can watch our first official videoclip HERE!
Sonofnoise.com"

Latest Modular Pics (Featuring Wiard!)

Title link takes you to more pics and details on Muff Wiggler.

surface

YouTube via TehGameItself. via AudioLemon.
"an 8 minute black and white movie shot on ilford 16mm with audio created on a Doepfer analog modular synth."

HarriL - Hour By Four (live)

video upload by HarriL

"HarriL - Hour By Four (live)
MP3 here: link
Ok, hello again. It's been a while since my last video, so I decided to make something so you know that I'm still alive here :) Guitar fed in to the ESX. Everything else is the EMX."

Get started with I-CubeX

YouTube via ICubeX. via AudioLemon where you can find more info.
"An introduction to I-CubeX sensor technology. This video walks you through the initial setup with an I-CubeX StarterPack, which now includes a microDig (not a miniDig), even smaller and faster!"

Acidlab Bassline 2

"A response from Acidlab:
Hallo John,
it will still take some time, untill I can deliver to U.S. I try to give the first prototypes to friends in germany for testing. As I present the new bassline in on my webpage, I will have some units on stock to sell. The price will be 550 Euro + shipping 32 Euro to U.S.
Best regards
Klaus"

via VSE via AudioLemon.

Orbital-In the studio-Chime

YouTube via chrisf242. via AudioLemon.
Featuring the Alesis MMT8.

MOOG Sonic Six

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

KORG MS03 Pitch to Analog CV

via this auction

Details:
"KORG MS-03: Identical to the MS-20's "External Signal Processor"
This amazing little device translates audio into voltage to control both Hz/V (Korg, Yamaha) and V/Oct (Roland, Moog, Octave, Arp, etc.) analog synths. What's more, it outputs positive and negative gate signals, ENV follower voltage, and has built-in portamento. I used it to make automatic bass lines from drum machine beats and to sweep a Frostwave Resonator filter from the envelope follower. For more in-depth reading on the MS-03's functions, the manual can be found here. The item functions perfectly and runs on US voltage. I have tested it on a Roland SH-2 and a Yamaha CS-15."

Zebranalogic 2A-Oscillator III

via this auction.

Peruvian made synth.

zebranalogic.com.

Previous posts.

Music Video: Mooger Vacation

YouTube via robotpickle.
"Summer time in Corpus Christi. Vacation footage from Corpus Christi, TX. All video shot on a Canon Powershot camera. For the music, I used the Oberheim OB8, Roland Alpha Juno 1, Virus, and Reaktor. Crowd ambience is from one of the indoor aquariums at the Texas State Aquarium."

Dor Demos the EMU SP-1200

YouTube via boomspot.
"Dor of www.boomspot.com shows you the basics of the legendary SP-1200 drum machine."

Bell Labs Speech Synthesis Site

In case you missed the update to this post, you can find a site on the Bell Labs Speech Synthesis here. Apparently you can still buy the kits here. Also, some comments in this electro-music.com thread. BTW, comments are disabled in this post so we can keep all the comments in the previous post.

via Pete

midiGun - alternative midi controller

Remember the midiGun? Here's a video of it.

YouTube via starcodo.
"The "midiGun" is a novel handheld midi controller. This gunshaped interface was especially designed to remotely control realtime music softwares like Ableton LIVE, Traktor DJ or others.

The "midiGun" replaces the classical DJ mixer and the keyboard at the same time. The "midiGun" is a new kind of device that can be intuitively used because of its handy shape and easy accessible knobs, buttons and sensors.

The user can trigger and control sounds and effects on a PC without watching a monitor or using a mouse and keyboard. The controllers and sensors can be individually customized to fit the connected software or to serve special user preferences. The "midiGun" offers 16 different controllers which can be cascaded in 16 switchable sets. This allows for a total of 256 independent sound and effects controls at the reach of your fingertips. Additional lighting effects and a visible distance measuring laserbeam guarantee for the attention of the audience. http://www.midigun.com"

3 Generations of EVI

via vgermuse

3 generations of EVI:
bottom: Crumar Steiner EVI, early 80's
middle: Steiner Midi EVI, 90's onward
top: AKAI Steiner EVI, 1987

As always, click the image for a larger shot.

rocco perciante ORGANISM 1.0!!!

via rocco

"noise synth with 3 oscillators 2 frequency modulator and more glitch effects generator.....video coming soon....."

http://www.percianterocco.it

COMMONTONES Phase II

COMMONTONES is a project by Sonicbrat, Eric, and LDT. In Phase I of COMMONTONES the members produced one track a day. The great thing about each track was that the description included a list of the instruments used. I put a few posts up on tracks featuring only one or two synths. It really was an interesting trip listening to what they come up with each day. For Phase II they will be doing one track a week. Each track will feature one member as a main driving force with the other two members as support.

"Three musicians...
Three minds...
One song...

A weekly affair between the trio. Their first music making effort as an entity rather than solitude contributions. They will be working on a single piece weekly, a song a week, for the entire month of July. This is their next step, something they had in mind for a long time... and finally materializing. This is only the beginning."

Title link takes you there.

Rhodes Chroma Programming Manual Now Online

via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma mailing list:

"The Programming Manual is now online at the site. This includes transcriptions and scans of all the sections from the print version: Structure, Programming, Panel Parameter Descriptions, Hidden Functions, Sample Program, Cassette Interface Notes, and Glossary.

There are a number of corrections, from spelling mistakes to errors in parameter values and a little bit of additional information. Thanks to David Clarke for his help with this.

As this was a significant effort -- 25,000 words manually transcribed and a fair amount of scanning -- I may consider this update a "special summer double issue" and forego a new article for August. (I will still post the ChromaTalk archive for July and do other minor updates.)

A question: now that this manual is available in hypertext, do you see any value in retaining the PDF file on the site? The PDF file is a scan (it is not searchable text), and the site does have a print style sheet which provides for a nicely formatted paper copy if needed. The (1.4MB) Programming Manual PDF has only been downloaded 54 times so far this year. The same goes for the 5MB Service Manual PDF, which has been downloaded 88 times, versus 701 page views in 2007 for the main page of the HTML version (the Schematics and Drawings page has been viewed 1055 times). There are now over 1700 files on the site, for a total of about 200MB of the 250MB I'm allowed with my current hosting plan, so there's some room left to grow but also a few large files of dubious value (I have removed the 5MB Sequencer Manual PDF as it's been downloaded only four times so far in 2007; it's still available on request).

Chris"

CustomSynth.co.uk Black Roland Juno-106

Click here for more shots via CustomSynth.

Update: two more higher res shots below. Click this for the full size.

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Roland System 100m Patch Cables

Just the shot.

KORG Electribe A and R

YouTube via Denkitribe.
"Practicing improvisation... no pre-recorded sequences."

Crumar Orchestrator

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Click the images for a bigger shot. Note the glass/plastic buttons under the main control panel in the second shot.

Desktop Synths

flickr by Head into music.

Title link takes you to a more shots of desktop synths.

SK1 VISUAL SYNTHESIZER (eddi)

YouTube via STAKKERHUMANOID. via Sendling.
"the visuals you are watching were created using just a casio sk1 and eddi (electronic devices digital interface) an output was taken from eddi and fed to a visual mixer where only the contrast and chroma were increased - no other effect has been applied for more info http://www.glitch.tv to purchase eddi http://www.fsoldigital.com this product was created by glitch.tv somerset uk for FSOLDIGITAL.CO"

Portable Nuclear Suitcase

via Muff Wiggler on this electro-music thread (3 more shots after the link).

RS7000 Acid House

YouTube via darenager.
"Rough mix of a track I am currently working on, it is just me muting tracks in and out on the RS7000 in realtime.

The track was written as a retrospective to the sounds I used to dance to at parties in my youth from 1987-1989. It takes influence from artists such as Mr Fingers, Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson and other great early house and acid house producers. There are no samples from other records but there is a couple of 303 loops and an 808 sample from my machines.

Hope you enjoy it."

Awesome stuff. I remember going to raves during this time in LA. Good times.

MOOG Micromoog

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"To download a copy of the Moog Micromoog User Guide:
1) Right-Click on the link below
2) Choose “Save Target As...”
3) Choose your destination folder
4) Click “Save”
Moog Micromoog User Guide - 13.3MB (pdf file)"

Octave CAT

via this auction.

Details:
The original CAT Synthesizer was released in 1975 when the company now called Voyetra Turtle Beach, INC was called Octave Electronics. The second version called the CAT SRM (for "Series Revised Model"), was released in 1977, followed by the SRM2 in 1980. By that time the company had merged with Plateau Electronics and the company name changed to Octave-Plateau Electronics,Inc.

The Cat analog synthesis design served as the basis for the Voyetra Eight Synthesizer released in 1982. The Voyetra Eight's rich sound was utilized by such artists as Edgar Winter, Bon Jovi, The Eurythmic, Stevie Wonder and many other famous artists of the early 1980's. A copy of the first literature for the Voyetra Eight is included with the CAT instruction manual.

This CAT SRM 2 was the last of 100 units manufactured in 1981. These units were stored in a warehouse for 20 years and were intended for distrubution on the 25th anniversary of the CAT debut. As such this is a "Collector's Edition" CAT Synthesizer representing the art of analog music synthesis in the days before MIDI, programmability and digital synthesis."

Roland SH-05

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Bell Labs Speech Synthesis

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Details:

"This complete and unused kit contains everything you need to understand speech synthesis and build your own synthesiser. Produced by Bell Systems Laboratories in 1963, the kit contains all the original equipment and parts which includes the book with complete instructions. The kit is complete and has never been used. It was intended for high school and college students and not for young children. This is an excellent source for hands on learning. When Bell Labs made something, they made it extremely well."

Update via Pete in the comments:
Bell Labs Speech Synthesis site
Kits still available here

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